CompTIA Cloud Essentials+

Course Overview

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ is the only internationally recognized, vendor-neutral certification utilizing key business principles and fundamental cloud concepts that validate data-driven cloud recommendations. It stands alone in this field by demonstrating that all necessary staff members – not just the IT specialists – understand how to increase efficiency, manage costs, and reduce security risks for organizations whenever tasked with making current cloud technology decisions.

Target Audience

This CompTIA certification course is relevant to:

• IT specialists
• IT technical services specialists
• IT relationship managers
• IT architects
• Consultants
• Business and IT management
• Business process owners
• Analysts

Skills Covered

• Cloud Concepts: Explain cloud principles, identify cloud networking concepts and storage techniques, and understand cloud design aspects.
• Business Principles of Cloud Environments: Identify and employ appropriate cloud assessments like feasibility studies, benchmarking, or gap analysis. Highlight key business aspects of cloud vendor adoption and comprehend cloud migration approaches.
• Management and Technical Operations: Explain aspects of operating within the cloud, such as data management or optimization. Understand the role of DevOps in cloud environments, such as API integration or provisioning.
• Governance, Risk, Compliance and Security for the Cloud: Understand risk management and response concepts related to cloud services. Identify the importance and impacts of compliance in the cloud, including regulatory concerns and international standards.

Prerequisites

This course is the first step on a training path that can lead to a technical career dealing with cloud computing. CompTIA recommends that a candidate have at least six months of experience in an IT environment, with direct involvement in IT-related tasks, responsibilities, and/or decision-making.